According to a Venezuelan governor, 37 prison inmates were killed during an overnight raid by government security forces in Venezuela's southern jungle state of Amazonas, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Human rights advocates frequently argued violent gangs maintain de facto control over many of the country’s lawless prisons and can easily access automatic weapons and even hand

A court in Kyrgyzstan sentenced opposition leader Omurbek Tekebayev to eight years in prison for corruption and fraud — two months before a presidential election in which he planned to participate in, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The CentralAsian republics pro-Russian PresidentAlmazbek Atambayev is prohibited from running in the Oct. 15 election and is supporting an ally,

ConfederateGen.Robert E. Lee probably would not have wanted the statue of him in Charlottesville, Virginia, that was at the center of last weekend’s violence to have been erected in the first place, according to CNN. Based on his writings, Lee was not a fan of statues honoring Civil War generals, fearing they might "keep open the sores of war." According to historian Jonathan

We might be closer to finding out exactly what’s going on in the complex atmosphere of Venus, now that NASA has just approved funding to develop a concept mission to Venus using a small CubeSat, IFLScience reports The tiny probe will focus on studying the planet using ultraviolet (UV) light. To the human eye, Venus appears covered in featureless clouds. But thanks to missions

A central neo-Nazi website's publisher said that he was essentially "banned from the internet" after his website was repeatedly taken down for mocking and planning disruptions for the funeral of the victim of a deadly car attack at a white nationalist rally this weekend, according to The Associated Press. Access to the Daily Stormer website which takes its name from Der

More than 12 years have passed since the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, an 18-year-old who was vacationing in Aruba from Alabama, but her family was hopeful after new remains were discovered on the Caribbean island this week, according to Time. Her father, Dave Holloway, hired private investigator T.J. Ward, who uncovered the remains in an unspecified location on the Dutch

Spain's coastguard said that they had one of their busiest 24-hour periods this week as 600 migrants were rescued crossing to Europe from Morocco on Thursday, according to BBCNews. The rescued migrants were in 15 vessels that ranged from toy paddle boats and a jet ski and included more than 35 children and one baby. Three times as many migrants have arrived in 2017 compared to

South Korean PresidentMoon Jae-in said that he will consider sending a special envoy to participate in talks with North Korea if they stop further provocations on Thursday, according to The Associated Press. His comments were delivered in a televised news conference during another effort to invigorate diplomatic discussions after a confrontation escalated to North Korea

Tombs in Timbuktu's ancient Djingareyber mosque were targeted in the 2012 rampage. The city's fabled mausoleums have now been fully restored, using traditional methods War crimes judges are poised to make legal history on Thursday with a ruling on compensation for the destruction of fabled shrines in the Malian town of Timbuktu, an act ordered by a now-repentant jihadist. The

Baghdad: Iraqi and Saudi officials on Wednesday inspected a border crossing between their countries to examine how to reopen the frontier, closed for the past 27 years, officials said. The border has been shut to all travellers except Iraqi Muslim pilgrims heading to and from Mecca in western Saudi Arabia since Saddam

(Adds MMG statement, paragraphs 4,5) LIMA, Aug 16 (Reuters) - Peru declared a 30-day state of emergency in a remote Andean region to end a protest by residents who have blocked a road used by miner MMG Ltd to move its copper concentrate to port for shipping, the government said on Wednesday. Residents in the area have refused to allow trucks from the Las Bambas mine transit a

NEW DELHI: Delhi High Court on Thursday was put on a high alert after police received a bomb threat call. The police officials, SWAT teams, fire tenders and bomb squad have reached the spot. Delhi HC on high alert after Police received call about bomb threat; Police, SWAT teams, fire tenders & bomb squadhttps://t.co/3JBWCDDt1H — ANI (@ANI) 1502952311000